July 2019
Intermediate to advanced
192 pages
6h 56m
English
design | reuse | adapt | repeat

FIG. 2.86 A map of Kyoto, showing the sites used for the four ‘rented houses’
Japanese architects have a well-deserved reputation for being resourceful, often developing ingenious buildings on the smallest of plots, and with the minimum of resources. This is exemplified by the work of Tokyo’s Atelier Bow-wow. This case study is no less ingenious.
Sadaharu Komai is Associate Professor of Architecture at Nagoya University of Arts. While teaching architecture he has been building his own home in Kyoto for the past 25 years. Komai calls this project ...